Harold Sheaffer Burton
Harold Sheaffer Burton, Warsaw, died at 3:40 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017 at Mason Health and Rehabilitation Center of Warsaw at the age of 60.
He was born on July 13, 1956 in Lancaster, Penn. to Walter Lane Thatcher and Mary Duffy (Sheaffer) Burton. On June 4, 1983 in Rehrersburg, Penn. he was married to Cynthia Brumbaugh, who survives in Warsaw.
Harold served in the U.S. Navy until his honorable discharge. He was a resident of Kosciusko County, Indiana for the past 22 years where he was a member of Abundant Life Assembly of God of Warsaw. He worked for five years for a consulting firm in Reading, Penn. as a computer programmer.
Along with his wife Cindy Burton, he will be lovingly remembered by his two sons: James Burton, Warsaw; Michael Burton, Warsaw; daughter: Katharine Burton, Fort Wayne; brother: Edward (wife Heidi) Burton, Lancaster, Penn.; two sisters: Elizabeth Duffy Johnson, Lititz, Penn.; Mary (husband Jim) Mays, California; and his mother: Mary Duffy Burton, Lancaster, Penn. He was preceded in death by his father and one brother.
Memorial service and burial at Oakwood Cemetery of Warsaw will take place at a later date. Arrangements are entrusted to Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, 225 Argonne Road, Warsaw.
Memorial donations may be directed to North Central Indiana Teen Challenge, P.O. Box 4603, Elkhart, IN 46514 and would be appreciated by the family.
Online condolences may be sent through the funeral home’s Web Site at www.redpathfruthfuneralhome.com